పాప
Telugu edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil பார்ப்பு (pārppu, “fledgling, young of animals”), Kannada ಪಾಪ (pāpa, “small child”).
Noun edit
Synonyms edit
- పాపాయి (pāpāyi)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From పాము (pāmu).
Adjective edit
పాప • (pāpa)
- of the serpent, serpentine, snake-like
References edit
- "పాప" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 744
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pārppu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 364.